It may soon be obsolete, but the Jungle Train is still a nostalgic jaunt across the heart of the Malay Peninsula, taking in forgotten towns steeped in colonial history. The dawn light peered through ...

In a world of hustle, train aficionado Amirul Ruslan revels in life in the slow lane, particularly the “Jungle Train”, the country’s last sleeper which rumbles 526km northwards overnight through the ...

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The spur line, or rail offshoot, in Kelantan that stretches from Pasir Mas to Rantau Panjang, and then across the border to Sungai Golok in Thailand, has been shuttered since February 2007 due to ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). This isn’t a dream — I’m being bumped out of bed. I drop back onto the mattress, bleary-eyed and blinking away residual sleep in the ...

An incredible 450-mile train line allows passengers to somehow see both jungles and beaches. The Eastern & Oriental Express, a Belmond train, travels around Malaysia and has been named one of the best ...

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express made overnight train travel exotic, and taking a luxury ride along Malaysia’s Taman Negara National Park evokes the bygone era of the classic mystery ...

This isn’t a dream — I’m being bumped out of bed. I drop back onto the mattress, bleary-eyed and blinking away residual sleep in the inky darkness of early morning, and then there’s one second, two ...